Improvement in land-rollers



them, as shown at T T, fig. 2..

H-Itiib Stain *Y C@sind @da Letters Patent No. 110,019, dated December 13, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAND-ROLLERS. y

The Schedule referred toln these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

To all whom it may concern:

D, a strong box, inwhich stone may be placed, it'

desired, to increase the weight of the roller.

E, aseat. C C, a frame, in which the roller is hung'. The roller is constructed as follows, to wit: (see Figure 3, which is a transverse sectional view of the roller.)

A A are two cast-iron heads, bolted together by bolts x a: at their outer rim. On the inside are cast two flanges V V V V. Y

R is a stave of` strong timber, with the ends framed so' as to fit inthe anges V V V, as shown at W When the heads are lled with staves thebolts :t

a: are screwed uptightly, and then the roller is formed.

-This roller is then hung in the frame O O, iig. 2.

In using a roller when the driver comes to the side or end of a field and desires to vturn his team around, if the roller is turned or swung around on the ground it leaves the ground rough land uneven at the spot where it was turned, scraping the top of the ground in a circle as the roller turns. It is desired to Yavoid this, and by my invention the tongue is permitted tO turn while the roller remains stationary. This is accomplished by the following-described device:

The tongue is constructed of awide plank or framework, with the box D thereon.

` The frame 0,'i11 which the roller R is'suspeuded, has two upright pieces of plank or timber framed in Theupper ends Of these support a cross-piece, N N; on this cross-piece the tongue and box D rest, with a. bolt passing through them bolting them together in the center, and yet permitting the tongue to turn freely on the cross-piece N. N. t

F F are two supports, with rollers H H on their lower ends.

These supports are hung on theA uprights T T -by boltsat T T. -l These suppolts F F project above the crOss-piece N N, and reaching the groun'dwhen hanging iu a perpendicular position, as shown at iig. 2, which is an' end view of my invention. Y

Whenvthe tongue B is in the positionshown in fig. l, t. e. at right angles to the roller R, the tongue, striking that portion of the'su'pports F F above the crosspiece N N, swings tlie supports oft' the ground in the position shown Vat TF, iig. 1.

When it is desired to turn the team around, as the tongue B swingsaround parallel with the roller the supports F F drop into thc position shown at Iig. 2, and. thereby prevent the roller from turning'Over-and throwingout the stone in the b ox D; and whenthe tongue is reversed, and again at right angles to the roller It, vthe supports are again lifted from the ground as described.

The tongue B is kept in a position at right angles v to the roller by a catch, S O, g. 2.

The point 'i of this catch passes into the cross-piece N N through a hole in the bottom of the box D.

S, g. l, shows the ,end of' the catch passing' up through the box D, where it may be pressed down by the foot` when it is desired to turn the tongue around.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure .by Letters Patent of the United States, isas follows, to wit:

1. The supports E F, constructed and Operated as described.

2. The combination of the roller R, the supports 'F F, the catch S, and the tongue B, when constructed as described, for the purposes set forth. v

G. C. VDOLPH..

Witn'esses:

. A. k-B. RICHMOND,

ROE REISINGER. 

